Encouraging Engagement and Sharing Valuable Resources

There’s a lot of media attention around the property market right now, and it’s hard to really understand what’s happening. So, tune in as Rob & Rob dive into the data behind the headlines and give you an insight to what’s going on. 

• (1:28) House prices 
• (5:30) Regional affordability 
• (8:58) Interest rates 
• (11:25) Mortgages 
• (13:14) Rents 
• (14:28) Landlords selling 
• (15:51) Rental control 
• (21:02) Hub Extra 

Links mentioned

Resources 

• 3 strategies to bag yourself a deal in a difficult market 
• The silent property crash 
• Property Pulse 
• Alex Hormozi 

House Prices 

• Nationwide House Price Index 
• Halifax House Price Index 
• Rightmove House Price Index 
• Experts predict 7% house price falls but call it ‘a correction, not a crash’ 

Affordability 

• Zoopla House Price Index 

Macro 

• Investors scale back bets on Bank of England hiking interest rates 
• Mountain view: Bank top economist offers two routes to beating inflation 

Mortgages 

• What are the current UK mortgage rates? 
• HSBC and NatWest cut mortgage rates again as rivals tipped to follow 
• Nationwide and Santander slash mortgage rates – ‘other lenders may follow’ 
• HSBC offers 40-year mortgage term to cut monthly bills - but it will cost more overall 
• Bank of Mum and Dad will contribute to 47% of house purchases this year 

Rents 

• Rents jump 10% to top a record £1,240 in July: Homelet 
• London’s Rental Squeeze Is Getting Even Tighter 

Tenants Struggling 

• PropertyMark Housing Insight Report 
• Third of working tenants in England ‘lack savings to pay rent if they lose job’ 
• No-fault eviction proceedings hit highest level for six years in England 

Landlords Selling 

• Britain’s Landlord Selloff May Be Much Bigger Than First Thought 
• Landlords selling up have left it too late for maximum gains 

Politics 

• Growing the economy and tackling poverty 

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